r/javascript • u/husseinkizz_official • May 26 '26
Show Js: We rebuilt wordpress in javascript, same experience, but better!
https://github.com/nextpress-ai/nextpressWe rebuilt wordpress in javascript, same experience, more speed and more feature not in wordpress yet and we seeking feedback.
Try out here, register, login, create page, edit in builtin editor:
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May 26 '26
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u/husseinkizz_official May 26 '26
you can self create an account then login with it and edit around, basically you can try out the Nextpress editor!
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u/Deathmeter May 26 '26
You really need to give people a reason to bother with this. Nobody will sign up for something they dont even understand. A homepage that shows off the product with an optional sign up button would be much more reasonable to link people to
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u/husseinkizz_official May 26 '26
All links shared are pages built with nextpress, for example see nextpress.ai or just go directly to testing.nextpress.ai, reason why I shared signup though was I believe its better to believe by seeing, so jumped to demo straight up, but those I have mentioned plus github readme give extra dive in.
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u/SpartanDavie May 26 '26
Nice idea.
- What is the license?
- What’s the advantages of it using Next over a different framework, like Astro, for this?
- Isn’t Payload already aimed at Next devs?
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u/husseinkizz_official May 26 '26
thanks,
1 - GPL v3 license (we don't want automatic chaos in future) but this is free and open source!
2 - Funny nextpress is using vite instead of next js, we started with next js but it was heavy for our usecase, but why not use astro? Astro is not trying to be compatible or close to wordpress, now question becomes astro vs wordpress, and there the answer is clear why one over the other.
3 - We aiming to the future of wordpress, those who will want a better version of that, and all js devs not next js specific... not tied to any single framework.
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May 27 '26
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u/husseinkizz_official May 28 '26
I think we looking mostly for new projects as we figure out how to make the migration story easier for existing stuff, for example the css and any html can be brought along, may not the php code, honestly this we still figuring out.
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u/husseinkizz_official May 26 '26
Ask me anything about Nextpress here!
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May 26 '26 edited Jun 05 '26
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u/husseinkizz_official May 26 '26
Well right now we don't have 100% compatibility, but its our goal, we are to have adapters that will do internal conversion to ensure compatibility as much as possible, but we looking at compatibility in experience and behavior not implementation so your themes may not just work since this js and some maybe in php, but we trying to make it as easy as possible to have those over this side by supporting the same constructs they're builtin and behavior, hooks and plugins and how they work in wordpress. Hope this helps?
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May 27 '26 edited Jun 05 '26
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u/husseinkizz_official May 28 '26
You have a valid point, am already thinking how we going to be different to not be like those old takes, but its a tough one, what would be your recommendation on how we can go about this?
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u/pucyta May 26 '26
why the name contains "-ai"?
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u/husseinkizz_official May 26 '26
Just for vibes, our main focus is not AI, though we are to have first class agents support headless mode and AI augmented editor experience.
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u/AdmiralMaggie May 26 '26
I see cursoragent listed as a contributor. How much of this repo was vibe coded? Nothing wrong with using AI per se, but if I'm going to trust this project as a CMS for a public website, I’d like to understand how much AI-generated code was used.